26Flight crew recency

26 Flight crew recency

26.1 Each member of the flight crew must satisfy recency requirements in accordance with this clause.

26.2 Subject to subclause 26.3, recency requirements for RNP AR operations (for example, RNP AR APCH) are satisfied if relevant RNP AR procedures are included in the recurrent training program for pilots provided by the operator’s training and checking organisation under regulation 217 of CAR 1988.

26.3Recency requirements for an RNP AR APCH operation (the operation), for a pilot who is not a member of an operating crew mentioned in regulation 217 of CAR 1988, are satisfied if the pilot has conducted an RNP AR APCH procedure during the 35 days before the operation.

26.4 For this clause, conduct of either an RNP APCH-LNAV, or an RNP APCH‑LNAV/VNAV, or an RNP AR APCH, meets the recency requirement for RNP APCH-LNAV, RNP APCH‑LNAV/VNAV and RNP AR APCH, provided the approach is conducted in an FMS equipped aircraft.

26.5 Where RNP AR operations are to be at a restricted aerodrome, or are to involve operations in the vicinity of mountainous terrain, the pilot in command must successfully complete a Route Training and Restricted Minima Program.

26.6 For RNP AR operations that are not to be at a restricted aerodrome, or not to involve operations in the vicinity of mountainous terrain, a pilot in command who has not successfully completed a Route Training and Restricted Minima Program must successfully complete at least 1 RNP AR APCH at any airfield in V.M.C. before conducting unrestricted operations.

Note Restricted aerodrome is defined in subsection 3 of this Order.

27 MEL

The operator’s MEL must identify any unserviceability that affects the conduct of an RNP AR operation.